Re: [HCDX]: Nicaraguan on 6621

[Elmer David Escoto Romero <eescoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don Moore wrote:
> 
> NICARAGUA 6621.4 UNID 1117-1220 Weak and static-ridden, but best
> reception yet of this apparent Nicaraguan stn. Mostly religious talk
> and anmts and religious mx. One anmt about an event in "Yuscaran,
> Honduras." Yuscaran is a rather pretty town about 75 km due west of
> Jalapa, Nicaragua, the possible location for this station. Note that
> a Honduran ancr would have just said Yuscaran. The addition of
> "Honduras" implies that the station is not located in Honduras. Also
> one mention of Jalapa heard, although the context was not clear. In
> looking for Jalapa on the map for the first time, I saw just how
> close it is to the Honduran border, in the remote mountains of
> northern Nueva Segovia department. This department is very
> conservative and was not particularly pro-Sandinista in the 1980s.
> For this reason, it was a successful area for the Contra guerillas
> and they usually controlled the mountains. They were based at huge
> Contra camps around Las Trojes, just across the river in Honduras.
> Peace Corps volunteers in the nearby Honduran departmental capital of
> Danli were under strict orders not to go near Las Trojes. Anyway,
> this station could be using an old anti-Sandinista clandestine
> transmitter, as does Radio Miskut. Assuming this station is in
> Jalapa, it is not the first SW station in Nueva Segovia. Some may
> remember Radio Hernandez de Cordoba, a low power station on 6100 kHz
> (if my memory is right) from Ocotal, the capital of Nueva Segovia. I
> heard it several times in mid 1982, after my arrival in Honduras, but
> never afterwards. My reception reports went unanswered. This was a
> Roman Catholic station, however, so surely no connection to the
> current Evangelical outlet. (Moore Feb 20)
> 

I will check this frequency from my location in NW Honduras, but I'm at
work now, so I'll have to wait 9 more hours befor I check.

Maybe our friend Humberto, from El Salvador can also help us!


I will post the results.


73
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